How many kidney cancer cases are there per year?

Approximately 208,500 cases of kidney cancer are newly reported annually, with the highest rates of the disease existing on the North American continent. This figure is roughly 2% of all cancer cases reported per year. In the year 2008, in the United States, 54,390 new cases of the cancer were reported, alongside 13,010 deaths as a result of the disease. The rates of kidney cancer have consistently been increasing over the past few years, with a change in diagnostic conventions one of the reasons. However, the increase is considered real and biological as well, and not solely due to practices in the medical community.

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